Effectiveness trial of an intensive communication structure for families of long-stay ICU patients

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1340-1348

  Daly, Barbara J ^a,b   Douglas, Sara L ^a   O'Toole, Elizabeth ^b   Gordon, Nahida H ^a   Hejal, Rana ^b   Peerless, Joel ^b   Rowbottom, James ^b   Garland, Allan ^c   Lilly, Craig ^d   Wiencek, Clareen ^a   Hickman, Ronald ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 78649892377     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0292     Document Type: Article

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